Responsibilities
- Serve as infrastructure lead and own key decisions including cloud architecture, platform strategy, deployment pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code implementation.
- Design, build, and maintain scalable AWS infrastructure that supports our growing platform and enables rapid product development.
- Develop internal tools, automation, and backend services that improve developer productivity and operational efficiency.
- Work directly with engineering, and data teams to ensure infrastructure supports current needs while scaling for future growth.
- Help establish infrastructure best practices and mentor engineers across the organization on cloud architecture, observability, and operational excellence.
Requirements
- Have 5+ years of technical experience in platform engineering, infrastructure, DevOps, or SRE roles.
- Have deep hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, ECS/EKS, RDS, Lambda, S3, CloudFront, VPC, IAM, etc.).
- Have strong coding skills (Python, Javascript/Typescript, or similar) and experience building internal tools, automation scripts, and infrastructure services.
- Have experience implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar).
- Have experience with observability tools, monitoring, logging, and incident response practices.
- Have demonstrated success leading infrastructure initiatives and making critical architectural decisions at previous roles.
- Have prior experience at a high-growth stage company.
- Treat engineering as the client who sees infrastructure as an enabler of innovation and rapid iteration.
- Are motivated by building platforms that empower teams and enable exceptional consumer experiences.
- Have the ability to exercise strong judgment and make difficult tradeoff decisions balancing cost, performance, security, and velocity.
- Are an excellent listener and strong communicator, working well cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment.
- Are comfortable with uncertainty and ambiguity.
- Enjoy the process of building foundational systems that will support the company's growth for years to come.
- Have a pragmatic approach to engineering — you're not dogmatic and know how to choose the best tool or process for the job at hand.
- Come to work with energy, humility, and positivity.
Benefits
- A vibrant, inclusive, and highly skilled team that ferociously protects team chemistry
- A culture of championship (vs. just mentorship), feedback, and continual development
- Competitive cash compensation and equity
- Comprehensive health benefits
- Flexible vacation policy
- Unlimited credits to stay at Kindred homes during your time as an employee
- 4,000 annual travel stipend to use toward travel costs to stay at a Kindred home
- Remote-flexible work environment. We encourage team members to travel and adventure, including working from Kindred HQ in San Francisco!
- Regular offsites to co-locate with the team
Additional Information
- We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees. Kindred does not discriminate on the basis of any protected characteristic, including race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, medical condition, genetic information, family care or medical leave status, marital status, domestic partner status, military and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by US federal, state or local laws, or the laws of the country or jurisdiction where you work.
- Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
